Bleu Tomato Art Show

We just finished hanging up our drawings, paintings and photographs for a 3 generation art show at the Bleu Tomato in De Soto, KS. All of the art will be displayed for the month of March. Pictured here are canvases that my children and I have done. Here I am with my friends Ryan and Aislynn. My children refused to take a picture.

We just finished hanging up our drawings, paintings and photographs for a 3 generation art show at the Bleu Tomato in De Soto, KS. All of the art will be displayed for the month of March. Pictured here are canvases that my children and I have done.

Here is a batik that I made in college. Along with a picture that a friend of mine had me draw of her sister and niece. This was the first time that her sister had gotten to hold her newborn baby after she had her. They were separated right after her birth when the baby was flown to a nearby hospital to be cared for.

Thanks to my Mom, Lois Horsager, we have our artwork showing here. She is the one who set it all up with the owner, Karen Mitchell. My mom has drawings, paintings and even a couple of bronze sculptures on display.

Down the hallway are the photographs taken by my sister, Tammi Faulds. You have to see these, they are really fun to look at.




Across the hallway from Tammi's photographs are where the children's drawings are on display. Many of them are various art projects from school. These have been completed by Ciara and Austin and my nephews Micah and Caleb.

And last, but not least, a drawing by my younger brother, Jaime Horsager is on display. He completed this one back in junior high. Then the batik hanging next to it is of the plaza lights that I completed in college.

Hanhah Montana Cake

It's your birthday sweetheart and we can't believe that you are already 8. We love you so much and are proud of our little princess! Hope you have a wonderful day.
Didn't quite get the height from baking the birthday cake that I had hoped for. Had to do some improvising with plastic wrap!
The finished product. Since my family is not big on the sweet frosting types we use cool whip for our frosting and decorate with frosting gels. Cool whip you do wonders!

Free, Can you believe it?

Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, along with everyone in your household.

~ Acts 16:31, NLT

I just had to share the best free there can ever be! If our wages for sin is death (Hell) and from what I have heard, it really isn't a party. I read a book called 23 minutes in Hell and wow, Jesus went there for all of us and to think that God let His son do this for all of us. How many of us would let our children pay a price of going to jail for someone who committed a crime and they got off scott free because of our child? We get to escape our sentence of hell for eternity by accepting Jesus in our heart, asking for forgiveness of our sins and live our life telling others about this. We inherit a place in heaven. Wow! That is just amazing, isn't it?

The important thing to remember in all of this is that being a Christian doesn't mean you are instantly perfect. It means you are forgiven and saved. You will spend your life with the help of the Holy Spirit to become more like Jesus. You will want to live for Him, not "have to live for Him".

Hebrews 2:11 NIV

¹¹Both the one who makes men holy and those who are made holy are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters.

We join Jesus in His inheritance. Wow!

You used what?

We have gotten into recycling around our house. We are trying to reduce the waste and create something cute from it. What about all of that junk mail and school papers that you really don't need to save? Do you throw out all of those burnt out light bulbs? Not anymore...how about creating a snowman? Make a paper pulp out of your shredded paper, salt (to retard mold growth) and some white school glue. Here we show our simple steps in of taping the snowman arms in place before we apply the pulp. It will take a few days for your snowman to dry before you are ready to paint him. Give him a scarf if you like and he is ready to bring a smile to someone. For all of those cereal boxes you go through...you can bring them to a recycling center or make these great book marks, clipboards that you can find out how to make by flipflops and applesauce here.

Getting Your Proverbs Mixed

Ok, I just received a funny email.  I do not know you the author is. These are so cute!

A first grade teacher collected old, well known proverbs. She gave each kid in
her class the first half of a proverb, and had them come up with the rest.
These are great:

As You Shall Make Your Bed So Shall You... Mess It Up.
Better Be Safe Than... Punch A 5th Grader.
Strike While The... Bug Is Close.
It's Always Darkest Before... Daylight Savings Time.
Never Under Estimate The Power Of... Termites.
You Can Lead A Horse To Water But.. How?
Don't Bite The Hand That... Looks Dirty.
No News Is... Impossible.
A Miss Is As Good As A... Mr.
You Can't Teach An Old Dog New... Math.
If You Lie Down With The Dogs, You'll... Stink In The Morning.
Love All, Trust.. Me
The Pen Is Mightier Than The... Pigs.
An Idle Mind Is... The Best Way To Relax.
Where There's Smoke, There's... Pollution.
Happy The Bride Who... Gets All The Presents!
A Penny Saved Is... Not Much.
Two's Company, Three's... The Musketeers.
Don't Put Off Tomorrow What... You Put On To Go To Bed.
Laugh And The Whole World Laughs With You, Cry And... You Have
 To Blow Your
Nose.
Children Should Be Seen And Not... Spanked Or Grounded.
If At First You Don't Succeed... Get New Batteries.
You Get Out Of Something What You... See Pictured On The Box.
When The Blind Leadeth The Blind... Get Out Of The Way.

Cute things made from recycling

So here a few more projects that can be made from recycling. When our children were young and going through all of the baby food, it seemed like such a waste to be throwing all of the jars away so here is what became of some of them. The kids and I painted these snowmen and penguins and glued hats on them. You can still remove the lid (hat) and put a small surprise inside. These made great presents for all of their teachers this year. We put a truffle inside of them and their teachers received something especially made by them.
Here are some little angels that are made from recycling light bulbs, baby food jars and fabric scraps. They just sit around and look cute all year round.
My last recycling craft for the day...these cute little angel pins. They use small scraps of fabric for their wings and bodies. Fun to make to match outfits or friends favorite things. Fabrics above are jeans, cherries, ladybugs and stars.

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Jean Quilt Project

Here is a quilt that I tackled for my husband and I. I got the idea for this design from Martha Stewart Living. You can find the inspiration here. The pillowcase on the right is my own creation. I used jeans of all types from the whole family. From Grandma's shirts and dresses, both Papa's old work jeans and any kind of outgrown worn out jean item from our closets and my sister's family...they are included here. It was quite and undertaking but proves to be quite warm, useful and a wonderful outcome to recycling!



Quilt I made for my Father-in-Law for Christmas a few years ago. All made from his old work jeans which included a few paint and grease spots along with holes in the knees. Adds character to the hard work he put into making it too. It is a rag style quilt with the flannel backing.